Friday, September 21, 2012

Clean Wine Story


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For those of you who haven’t heard the Deerfield story, PJ Rex came from Iowa to California to go to school and meet a California boy. At Berkeley, she met Robert, who said he was from L.A ( Osage, Iowa actually). Robert kept PJ’s Alfa Romeo running (takes an Italian) and as a thank you, PJ gave him a winemaking kit. Robert is a chemist by training, chef by avocation and artist by nature. PJ says a winemaking kit was the perfect gift for Robert... It proved to be more than that when Robert won Best of Show in the California State Fair for his 1972 Zinfandel, his first wine.

The irony behind PJ giving Robert a winemaking kit is that she is extremely allergic to many of the by-products created during the winemaking process and in fact, can’t drink most wine. With the public accolades reinforcing Roberts confidence in his winemaking, Robert now had another goal in mind - he was determined to make wine PJ could drink. Through trial and error, his knowledge of chemistry and his passion to not cut corners in the winemaking process - the concept of clean wine was born. Robert began producing wine that the “canary (PJ) in the (23,000 square foot) cave” could drink.

Today, hundreds of Deerfield Ranch Winery fans are able to drink Deerfield wine without the negative reactions they get from other wines. What started as a token of gratitude has evolved into a concept that we are passionate about sharing with the world. Help us spread the clean wine message and share with friends that can’t drink wine at all or drink wine but get reactions to the sulfites or histamines that there is clean wine - Deerfield wines. Tell your friends, family, co-workers and fellow wine enthusiasts that a movement has begun. Join the clean wine movement! Drink Deerfield and discover the difference.

P.S. PJ is still driving the Alfa Romeo... and finally got her own label!

So, What exactly is clean wine and what techniques do we use to make it? Find out here - http://www.cleanwine.info.

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